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Ellis Island

Ellis Island is a television miniseries broadcast in three parts in 1984 on the CBS television network. The screenplay was co-written by Fred Mustard Stewart, adapted from his 1983 novel of the same title. The series tells the story of several immigrants from the late 1800s until the early 1910s, trying to achieve the American Dream and arriving on Ellis Island, hoping for a better life. Ellis Island highlighted numerous important events which occurred up to and during World War I, and many of the characters are based on real persons, such as Irving Berlin.

1984 |1 Season  | 2h 20m |  Drama

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Peter Riegert

Jacob Rubinstein

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Claire Bloom

Rebecca Weiler

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Judi Bowker

Georgiana "Georgie" O'Donnell

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Kate Burton

Vanessa Ogden

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Joan Greenwood

Madame Levitska

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Ann Jillian

Nellie Byfield

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Lila Kaye

Kathleen O'Donnell

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Stubby Kaye

Abe Shulman

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Alice Krige

Bridget O'Donnell

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Cherie Lunghi

Una Marbury

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Melba Moore

Flora Mitchum

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Milo O’Shea

Casey O'Donnell

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Emma Samms

Violet Weiler

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Ben Vereen

Roscoe Haines

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Faye Dunaway

Maud Charteris

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Richard Burton

Sen. Phipps Ogden

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Michael Byrne

Dr. Carl Travers

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Creator

Fred Mustard Stewart

Status

Ended

Languages

English

Network

CBS